A 34-year-old woman, Nosimotu Alalade , has been arraigned before an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court sitting in Isabo for an assault.
Alalade was arraigned on Friday for assaulting a staff of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) while on duty.
The defendant was arraigned on a 3-count charge of assault, conducting herself in a manner likely to cause breach of public peace, and acting in a manner to endanger the life of the complaint.
The Prosecutor, Inspector Olaide Rawlings, told the court that the defendant committed the offences on April 12, at about 1:00pm at Olomore area of Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Rawlings said the defendant assaulted one Silas Olayele by pushing him from a ladder while he was performing his lawful duty, which caused him permanent injury on his right leg.
She said the complainant who is an IBEDC staff, and his team were assigned to the Olomore area for routine checks of IBEDC bills and metres.
The prosecutor further stated that when the complainant and his team got to defendant’s house, they asked for her bill but she could not provide it.
“In the process, the complainant was instructed by his team leader to disconnect the defendant’s light from the pole.
“When the complainant climbed the pole to disconnect the cable that is supplying light to the defendant’s house, she (defendant) out of anger pushed the ladder the complainant was mounting ,” she said.
Rawlings said the complainant fell down from the ladder and sustained an open injury on his right leg.
She said the defendant acted in a manner that endangered the life of the complainant, and also conducted herself in a manner likely to cause breach of public peace by pushing Olaleye while on lawful duty.
According to Rawlings, the offences contravene Sections 338, 343, 355, and 249 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Ogun State, 2006.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the offences.
The Magistrate, M.O. Osinbajo granted the defendant bail in the sum of N100,000 with one surety in like sum.
She thereafter adjourned the case until April 28.